“Blood moon” to mark tax deadline …. and more?

The moon looks red during an eclipse, as shown in this photo taken during the total lunar eclipse Dec. 21, 2010. (photo by Robert Grover)

If you are willing to stay up very late on Monday, April 14 (or get up really early on Tuesday, April 15) you can check out a lunar eclipse. Astronomers say this eclipse will begin just before midnight Denver time, and totality will last from 1:07 to 2:25 a.m.

Lunar eclipses have two big advantages over solar eclipses: 1) You can look right at them and 2) they can be seen from wherever you can see the moon rather than only being visible in a narrow track.

This eclipse is the first of several expected in the next two years. That’s because it marks the start of a lunar tetrad. A tetrad is when there are four successive total lunar eclipses — with no partial lunar eclipses in between — each of which is separated from the other by six full moons. So look for lunar eclipses on Oct. 8 this year; April 8, 2015 and Sept. 28, 2015.

A lunar eclipse happens when the sun, Earth and moon line up and the Earth’s shadow falls on the moon. As the Earth’s dark shadow begins to cover the moon, the moon will look red or reddish-brown. That’s why an eclipse is sometimes called a “blood moon.” (It looks red because of refraction of sunlight by the the Earth’s atmosphere.)

The idea of eclipses — and blood moons — can get some people excited. The eclipses in this particular tetrad coincide with the full moon marking Passover (April 15, 2014 and April 4, 2015) and Sukkot (Oct. 8, 2014 and Sept. 28, 2015).

A book published last year, “Four Blood Moons: Something is about to change,” by John Hagee argues that the tetrad is a sign of the end times as predicted in Joel 2:31. Other doomsayers point to the blood-red moon of Revelation 6:12, with the fact that the Earth and Mars were aligned last week as an added bonus.

However, it is worth noting that there will be eight tetrads this century. And that Passover is always marked by a full moon because it is based on a lunar calendar.

I will admit that we can go for 300 years at a time with no tetrads, though.

But you have to be able to read to understand that; Genesis 1:14-16, Joel 2:31, Matthew 24:29, Acts 2:19-21, and Revelation 6:12,13 all speak about these things. If you can’t see it, it’s because you’re not listening. Y@hovah God always, and I mean always, warns us before He pours out His wrath; it’s His way of encouraging us to repent so we don’t have to be punished. I just gave you 5 witnesses, in the mouth of 2 or 3 every word is established; what else does God have to do or say before you believe His Torah? Think about it!

please check out a man by the name of Keith Johnson, a biblical time scholar and host of a TV show, ‘Time Will Tell’ who has a very sobering view on the upcoming four blood moons that may surprise most people who are buying into the “Day of the LORD” type of prophesies. It’s bible based and highly recommended: http://bfainternational.com/blood-moon-mania-eclipsed/

Ctaj

Don’t go out tonight
It’s bound to take your life
There’s a bad moon on the rise

manicdrummer

The religious significance of the blood moons is that, historically, when they occur on Jewish holy days, significant events concerning us Jews took place. In 1493, blood moons occurred during the discovery of the New World, which became a long-time place of refuge for Jews trying to escape persecution in Europe. In 1949, they happened again as Israel had won its war of independence from the Arabs and established its government and standing military. In 1967, four blood moons occurred as Israel won the 6-Day War and recaptured Jerusalem and made it Israel’s permanent capital.

So what does the current lunar tetrad herald for Israel? Probably the ingathering of Jews from around the world back into Israel and the rebuilding of the Temple. One thing is for sure: a new era for all humanity is just around the corner. In God, all things are possible.

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